Thank you to D.M. mayor and city council

Iowa CCI and about 40 members of the Des Moines community gathered outside the Des Moines City Council to protest a lack of action in passing a welcoming city ordinance proposed four months ago.
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Hundreds rallied at the Simon Estes Amphitheater in Des Moines Sunday to call for world peace on the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. Guests included Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie.(Photo: Paige Godden/The Register)Buy Photo

Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie drafted a significant resolution approved by all City Council members at the Council’s regular meeting on Oct. 9.

Its 10 paragraphs promise a commitment to “fostering compassion, diversity and tolerance” in the spirit of Governor Robert D. Ray’s initiatives in the 1970s.

With the City Council leading the way, all Des Moines citizens have a crucial role to play by celebrating diversity and offering “an inclusive community that is supportive to all residents and visitors regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin or immigration status.”

Thank you Mayor Cownie and City Council members for reminding us of the Des Moines we are called to perfect as a home for all.